Improvement in cuffs



J. H. BUSS.

Cuff.

No. 220,519. Patented Oct. 14, 1879.

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N.FETERS. PHDTO-LITNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. 0 C.

PATENT QF IGE;

JOHN H. BUSS, or BRUNSWICK, ASSIGNOR TO J. M. OORLISS & son, or

. TROY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CUFFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,519, dated October14, 1879; application filed April 3, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. BUSS, of the town. of Brunswick, in thecounty of Reusselaer and State of New York, have invented certainImprovements in Detachable Quits for Gentlemens Wear, of which thefollow ingis a specification, reference being had tor-the accompanyingdrawings. A

Reversib1e linen cufl's commonly have in the two stiffly-laundried sideparts 1 of ,e ufi' two pairs of end button-holes, of whi e pair. isadapted to be secured togethe' common cufi buttomwhile onegofl'r botother pair of end button-holes can'l 1 .vculty be engaged withthe.usualbutton-on the rebutton the same end to the wristbaudseveral'ormany times, while the'eiids of the outer side portion of. h if I-remainconnected toton. By this repeatedly and unbuttoning from the or'bothofthe end batten-h es art of the cuff, such end: bufi rin-holes and thatside part of the cufl' next to the wristband often become so badly bent,wrinkled, and soiled as to render that side part of the cuff unfit to beworn. exposed next to the hand by the time that the other side part ofthe cuff that has been worn outermost has become too much soiled to belonger worn exposed, and consequently a large portion of such reversiblecuffs are only worn with one side part of the cuff next to the hand, andare not reversed in use and worn with the other side part outermost.

The primary objects-of this invention are to cheaply obviate theaforesaid defects in such detachable cuffs, and to render the cuffscapable of being more easily and quickly secured in the usual properposition upon and detached from the usual buttons on theshirt-wristbands, without engaging therewith any of the usual endbutton-holes in the cuffs, and to make each cuff more freely conform tothe surrounding coat-sleeve and to the shirt-wristband when secured tothe latter.

To that end. I combine with and secure to and upon the middle portion ofthe width of the back of the cuff atab havinga button-hole therein,andcapable of being turned to and against each lateral side of the back ofthe cuff, and of being engaged with a stud or button on ashirt-wristband, so as to thereto secure the cuff, whichever lateralside or edge of the cuif shall be next to the wristband. I also commonlyarrange and secure the tab having the button-hole therein to and upononeend portion of the back of the cuff, so as to cover an endbutton-hole in the cuff, and so as to be capable of being turned awayfrom that end button-hole in the cuff, in order that the cuff can besecured to one and the same stud or button on a shirt-wristband byeither the button-hole in the tab or the said end button-hole in thecuff, and in each case with the connected ends of the end opposite tothe same part of the circumference of the wristband, and in the sameplace in respect to the said stud or button and to the palm of the handof a person wearing the wristband.

In the aforesaid drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the back of acufi', straightened out, and embodying this invention; Fig. 2, a sectionof the same at the line 2 z,- and Fig. 3 shows a central section of thesame cuff with the ends of its outermost side part secured together by acuff-button, and its tab engaged with a button on a shirt-wristband, asin use.

Fig. 4 is aview of the backof another cuff, showing modifications ofthis invention; Fig. 5, a section thereof at the line y 3 Fig. 6, asection of the same at the line 12 o, and Fig. 7 a section at the line aa. Fig. 8 is a view of the back of another cuff, straightened out, andhaving a fastening-tab combined therewith, according to a part of thisinvention; Fig. 9, a section thereof at the line a; w, and Fig. 10 asection and elevation of the same with the ends of the cuff securedtogether. Fig. 11 is a view of the back of another cuff, straightenedout, and having a fastening-tab, accord= in g to one modification ofthis invention. Fig. 12 is a section thereof at the line to 20; Fig.

13, asection and elevation of the same with the ends of the cufi'secured together, and Fig. 14 a plan of the fasteningtab detached fromthe cufl.

A is a detachable cuff, having, as usual, in the end parts of its twolateral portions two pairs of button-holes, b b and c a, so that the twoends of the cuff can be secured together, as heretofore, by acuff-button, d, engaging with either pair of the button-holes, asindicated in Figs. 3, 10, and 13. E is a tab arranged upon and securedto the back of the end, and having a button-hole, f, opposite to onelateral side part of the cuff, and at a suitable distance from themiddle of the width of the wit, so that when the ends of one side partof the cuff are secured together by a button, d, in the end button-holesof that side part, the cuff can then be very easily and quickly securedin the usual proper position to and upon the shirt-wristband t, Fig. 3,on a person, by merely engaging the button-hole fin the tab at the otherside part of the cuff with the usual sleeve-button s on the wristband,as indicated in Fig. 3.

The cufi' is to have either one or more of the tabs E secured to andupon any suitable part of the back of the end. I, however, commonlyprefer to have each cufi' furnished with only one tab, E, secured at oneend to the back of the can at the middle part of its width, as atg inFigs. 1, 2, and 3, 4 and 5, and 11, 12, and 13, and capable of beingreversed or turned to and fro about or on the fasteningplace g, from oneside of the cuff to the other, as indicated by the full lines and thedotted lines at E, whereby the one tab is adapted to engage with thesleeve-button on the shirtwristband, and thereto secure the cufi' inproper position, whichever of the two lateral side portions of the cufl'shall be next to the wristband. I also generally prefer to arrange andsecure the tab E to and upon one end portion of the back of the cuff, sothat the tab shall cover an end buttouhole, b, in the cult,substantially as represented at the right hand in Figs. 1, 4, 8, and 11,and so that the tabgan be turned away from that end buttonhole in thecuff, as is the case with each of the tabs E at the right hand in Figs.1, 4, 8, and 11, in order that the same cuii' can be secured to one andthe same stud or button 8 on the shirt-wristband t, either by thebuttonhole f in the tab at the end of the cufl, or by the said endbutton-hole, b, in the calf, and in each case have the connected ends ofthe cufl at the same place in respect to the said stud or button on thewristband, and in relation to the palm of the hand of a person wearingthe wristband and end.

In carrying out this invention the tab E is to be secured to and uponthe back of the cuff by any suitable means.

In manufacturing these improved cufl's of linen or other suitable wovenfabric, I generally prefer to permanently secure and unite one end partof the tab E to the back of the cuff by a row or rows of stitching, asat h in Figs. 1 and 4.

In applying this invention to ordinary cufl's already made and stifflylaundried or finished, I commonly prefer to make the tab E detachable,and with two button-holes,f and t, in its end parts, as in Fig. 14, andthen secure the tab to the back of the cuff by means of a button, d ord, engaged with one of the buttonholes of the tab and one of the endbuttonholes in the cuff, substantially as shown in Fig. 8, 9, and 10,and 11, 12, and 13.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A reversible end having a tab with abutton-hole therein, and secured to the middle portion of the widthofthe back of the cuff, and capable of being turned to each sidethereof, and of being engaged with a button on a shirt-wristband, so asto thereto secure the cuff, whichever side of the back of the cufl'shall be next to the wristband, substantially as described.

2. A cufl' having a tab with a button-hole therein, and secured to oneend portion of the back of the cufl', and covering an end buttonhole inthe cufl, and capable of being turned away from that end button-hole,substantially as described, whereby the calf can be secured in the sameposition to the button on a shirtwristband by either the button-hole inthe end or the button-hole in the tab.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses this 1st day of April, 1879.

JOHN H. BUSS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES M. RUTH, (J. WARREN SCHERMIERHORN.

